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100 Ways to Use Beer in Food: #15 Dogfish Head Chowda

It’s been a while since I’ve revisited my trek to greatness: the 100 ways to use beer in food and drink. But then I found this. Dogfish Head found a way to combine their delicious beer with some great ingredients. What came out of the beer-food think tank? Dogfish Head Hard-Tack Chowda. The real kind of chowda – not that gross Manhattan stuff.

Dogfish Head touts this chowda as one of which Ishmael would be proud. Teaming up with Sea Watch International, the chowda’s “made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazelnuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt.” OH, and did I mention infused with the Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA?

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An Unsolicited Response: Natty Light over YUENGLING?!

Deadspin put together a ranking 36 “cheap” beers. I saw the link floating around on the facebook and expected to see rankings of natural light and other similar beers. Well, they were there, but many of them were ranked as better beers than Yuengling. Imagine my dismay and heartache, evolving into rage and over-reaction (I’ll admit it – maybe sometimes I over-react, but typically I’m known to be very rational). What the hell? Why would someone put Yuengling in the same category as big beers Coors, Miller, and Bud and even worse – rank it lower than even Natty Light, Stroh”s, Busch Light and yes – even Natural Light? My left eyebrow immediately jerked up in judgemental consternation. So, that being said, you will find my response below. Quick disclaimer: by now you should know me to be extremely sarcastic and at times, a bit of an ass. But still – come on mang, listing Yuengling (one of the PRIDES of Pennsylvania) as a crappy-ass beer tasting worse than piss beers like Natty Light?! Okay, here it is:

Dear Self-Righteous Cambridge Boy,

‘At-a-boy on the article regarding cheap beer. I find it very useful to know which of the cheap beers taste the best. Except for one thing – if I’m buying a cheap beer and they ALL taste like nothing or less than that, aren’t I getting the cheapest 30 case I can find? Nevermind the lack of insight in the dumping upon all American-made cheap beers, the fact that there is not a threshold of what “cheap” is and isn’t anymore, or whether or not it even matters which is the best of the cheapest beers. What we’re really concerned with is your bias against Yuengling and all things Pennsylvania.

I’m glad you at least admitted (in your Cambridge attitude) that you were wrong about Yuengling. I’ll give you a hand here and help explain why. It’s quite simple, actually – taste and price. The fact that you can taste anything at all makes a big difference; maybe by the time you tasted the Yuengling (if you did taste each), you had no taste left. When I (and most people) taste a Yuengling Lager, we taste the light sweetness of the malts with a distinct bitterness of the hops. Finally, you can taste a difference between a piss-brewed bud light and ANY other “cheap” lager. I don’t want to go too chemistry on you, but you see, lagers are fermented from the bottom, with different yeasties in a cooler temperature – giving the distinct flavor a lager. Yuengling’s mastered this more-so than bud and others. Just take a look at the distinct color of the Yuengling compared to the piss-color of…just about all of the other beers you mention. Maybe the bitterness of the hops was too much for your Cambridge palate? Or they serve Grain Belt Premium at your bar, and that is your go-to beer?

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Hot Dogs Gone Wild! Top 10 Fixin’s for Your Hot Dog

With the Fourth of July ahead, and at least one package of hot dogs sitting in your freezer or fridge, it”s time to start thinking about your cook-out. Whether it”s you alone or at your jam-packed amazing and mega-impressive/amazeballs party, it”s time to think about spicing up your wieners. For you (and only you), I”ve done my research on the craziest and tastiest varieties of fixin”s for your dog. Choose on and serve, or create a twisted hot dog bar. Then impress. Here we go…

10. Bacon Wrapped (and Stuffed)

Bacon is one of the few foods that I believe goes well with everything. Bacon makes all things better. Now, combine it with one of America”s favorite foods, by topping it and stuffing it with bacon. Add cheese and sauerkraut with your typical condiments. Bacon inspires all.

Recipe: Simply Recipes

9. Columbian

I”ve put potato chips on sandwiches, burgers, but never thought to put them on a hot dog already topped with slaw and sauces. Some believe that there is such a thing as too many condiments, or strictly using mustard and only that. It looks like the Columbian may change their minds.

Recipe: My Columbian Recipes

8. Mexican

Pineapple is one thing I never thought of topping my wiener with. But along with chipotle sauce, sweet and spicy sounds good. A couple of jalapenos add a nice kick.

Recipe: Homesick Texan

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Bakeless Sweets

It is officially summer time. Although most of us have been suffering from the humid heat for weeks now. That means it is the time of year we try to use the oven as little as possible. What else does summer call for? Parties and sweet desserts. Lucky for me (and the rest of you), I crossed paths with Faith Durand when compiling our graham cracker recipe list. Not only does Faith have some awesome graham cracker icebox recipes (including a s”mores icebox cake), but an entire book full of Bakeless Sweets ranging from puddings and panna cottas to fluff and icebox cakes. Hence the name of her book: Bakeless Sweets.

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Endless Beers: The Summer Shandy

Every season is craft beer season. Hopefully you are expanding your horizon in the beer world, putting down those bud light limes, and trying something made with fresh ingredients by people that give a damn about flavor. That’s what we’re all about here at ES anyway isn’t it? With flavor in mind, here is your guide to the best summer shandy for this summer.

If you don’t know, a summer shandy is a beer that is made out of lager and lemonade. There are a few out there that you can get just about anywhere: Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Sam Adams Porch Rocker, and Shock Top’s Lemon Shandy. Classically, a summer shandy tastes like a lemonade with a hint of beer. On a summer day, this makes the perfect day-drinking beer, as compared to your Bud Light Lime.

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Burns My Bacon: There’s Only ONE Way to SAY Reese’s

Rees-IS vs. Rees-EES

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong. Which is it? I have had many a conversation/debate regarding the proper pronunciation of the peanut-butter-touted brand Reese’s.I’ve provided my phonetic pronunciations above, so from now on I will refer to “Rees-IS” as the correct/right way and “Rees-EES” as the incorrect/wrong way. I’m sure many of you are offended already. That just means you are wrong.

This is not like those debates of the pronunciation of “Mature” (ma-chur vs. ma-tour) or the word “Tear” (tare vs. teer). We can discuss the different pronunciations and meanings of these words, but there are a couple of differences between these words and our delicious peanut butter friend Reese’s. First, there is only one meaning to the word Reese’s—peanut butter and chocolate. Second, the words “mature” and “tear” have little to nothing to do with food compared with the word Reese’s. We are, after all, committed to food, right?

So here’s the evidence.

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Los Doritos Locos Part 2: The Chips

First, we tested the tacos, now we test the Doritos. Cool Ranch took round one. But does it carry over to the chips? Frito Lay and Taco Bell had the right idea in attempting to send the Taco Bell cult following over to the crispy chip company—but will it work? Well, first off, the chips better damn well taste exactly like the tacos. Secondly, there are two kinds of chips in the bag, and you must take the time to match a taco chip with the regular chip (the work needs to be worth it). Finally—I am expecting the same flavor without the massive toll that tacos take on my digestive system. Anywhoo, let’s talk Doritos Locos chips.

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